National budget 9.29.08

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Sep 29, 2008 at 12:01 AMSep 29, 2008 at 3:11 PM

GateHouse News Service National Budget
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Here are the top national stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/. Please submit stories below no later than 6 pm local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly.

SEEKING PHOTOS: Submit your photos to the news service. We’re looking for great standalones, pics of state and national politicians that you’ve shot, plus celebrities and college and national athletes.
http://ghnewsroom.com/blogs.php?bid=240

Lifestyles (Tuesday is Health)

MORNING MINUTES: Word of the Day, Web Site of the Day and Number to Know. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/morning_minutes

SURGERY TO THWART CANCER – The last thing one would associate with the petite, vivacious woman with dark hair and twinkling eyes is a life-threatening disease. And the fact is, Catherine D'Souza is a healthy woman - today. But there is a sword hanging over her head because recently she tested positive for the gene mutation that causes both breast and ovarian cancer. PEORIA
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/health/x459458474

FAMILY FEUD: How to deal with sibling rivalry - Dinnertime is approaching, and you wonder what point of contention will cause the rugrats’ knock-down, drag-out fight tonight. Who gets the blue cup? Or whether one piece of carrot cake is a sliver bigger than the other? By Jessica Young of Suburban Life Publications.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois_lifestyle/x459457477

JULIE FAY: Children pick up phrases, good and bad - Be careful what you say or you'll hear it from your kids. Ledger, on wire now
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/family/x459458259/Julie-Fay-Children-pick-up-phrases-good-and-bad

Entertainment

SIMON PEGG’S LIKEABILITY FACTOR: 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People' - A deflector shield has just gone up around Simon Pegg. The baby-faced British actor has written and acted in the offbeat comedies “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz,” and is in town to talk about his newest starring role in “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.” CNC, Symkus, on wire now
With photo
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x583491130/Simon-Pegg-brings-likeability-to-How-to-Lose-Friends-and-Alienate-People

KENT BUSH: The maverick has fallen back in line. Gone are the arguments for change and reform. Friday night, John McCain took on issues of foreign policy by relying on his decades of experience in Congress. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x345113189/Kent-Bush-McCain-sheds-maverick-image-focuses-on-experience

JEFF VRABEL: Where’s my slice of this $700 billion? $700 billion. Man, that's a big figure. To put it in perspective, if the government decided it had to bail out a number of extremely massive and obscenely wealthy Wall Street banks that you don't really know exist and have even less of an idea of how they operate, do you know how much it would cost? $700 billion. Yeah, I know. IT ROCKS YOUR FACE OFF.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/opinions/x583490979

LORETTA LAROCHE: You can’t worry your problems away - This is Loretta LaRoche and I approve of the following message.I think we all need a break from bad news, political ads and interviews. Ledger, on wire now
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/x506583886/Loretta-LaRoche-You-can-t-worry-your-problems-away

SHARMA HOWARD: Children can learn, adapt to difficult economic times - For us, and many other middle-class American households, it’s not going to be a Wii Christmas. Bonuses, raises and cost of living are all being taken off the table in this economy for hosts of people. And those are the lucky ones. The unlucky are unemployed. Norwich, on wire now
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/connecticut/x555997264/Sharma-Howard-Children-can-learn-adapt-to-difficult-economic-times

JEFF ADAIR: Blaming the poor - Maybe I'm a little thin-skinned. In all honesty, I shouldn't take it personally. I should consider the sources. But I'm growing a little tired of people blaming minorities for all the ills that affect our society. MetroWest, on wire now
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x846665947/Jeff-Adair-Blaming-the-poor

Sports

FOOTBALL BRIEFS: PFW news to come.

News

ARCHITECT’S TRIUMPH ON BACK OF PENNIES: Earl Wallace Henderson doesn’t give up easily. As a fledgling architect, “Wally” Henderson designed the restoration of the Old State Capitol in the 1960s, when skeptics said it couldn’t be done. Now, 40 years later, Henderson has triumphed again. Thanks to him, the building he saved will appear on millions of commemorative pennies due to be issued next year. SPRINGFIELD http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x436984276

MULTI-STATE PROSTITUTION RING: A Pleasant Plains woman charged in federal court this week with participating in a multi-state prostitution network appears to have been at the center of the operation, according to court documents. SPRINGFIELD
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x436984279

AZORES NATIVES RECALL MASSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTION: It was not a way of life native-born Americans would recognize, though it is remembered by a number of people who lived in the Azores Islands in the days before the Internet, before television, in the days when there were not even that many radios in the village of Capelo, a farming and whaling community on the Azorean island of Faial. Herald News, Dion, on wire now
With sidebar, video and photos
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x436984155/Azores-natives-recall-massive-volcanic-eruption

STATE TURNS TO HOTELS TO HOUSE HOMELESS: The number of homeless families has exploded in recent months, advocates say, filling emergency shelters beyond capacity and forcing the state to place some homeless families in hotels and motels around the state.
MetroWest, Reuell, on wire now
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1424435359/As-homeless-numbers-spike-state-turns-to-hotels

Business / Ag

CHECKOUT LANE: Boots key to good hiking - Steven Carmichael, manager at Eastern Mountain Sports in Hingham, advises customers to consider whether they will be using their boots for day trips or extended backpacking, and how long they expect them to last. Ledger, Onufrak, on wire now
With photos
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x345113001/Checkout-Lane-Boots-key-to-good-hiking

NO RENTERS’ BOOM: (Good to localize by talking to people who own property for rent in your town) The housing boom from 2002 through early 2007 that lifted homeownership to historic levels had one clear casualty: the owners of rental properties. Now we're in a market that should put those apartment owners on top of their game again, but some owners of rental properties are saying that's not the case. ROCKFORD
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x1730707273

AG EQUIPMENT PLANT TO ADD JOBS: Instead of eliminating 200 jobs, a company that makes agricultural equipment plans to stay in Goodfield and double its workforce, a company official said Friday. PEORIA
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x555997476

CRANBERRY HARVEST STRONGEST IN DECADE: Ron Drollett, who has 65 acres of cranberry bogs in Plympton, says “it’s a bumper crop,” and industry surveys indicate Massachusetts growers are poised for their biggest crop since 1999. Ledger, Adams, on wire now
With photos
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x555997011/Cranberry-growers-expect-their-strongest-harvest-in-a-decade

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